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750 BHP out of a 1.6!
GMPMotorsport - 4/12/10 at 12:17 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9255871.stm

whitestu - 4/12/10 at 12:25 PM

The old 1500cc turbo f1 engines from the 80's had up to 1300bhp!

Confused but excited. - 4/12/10 at 12:27 PM

Keep hold of your old 1600 X-Flows then. Could be a new market for them.

mrwibble - 4/12/10 at 12:51 PM

KERS is back!

bmseven - 4/12/10 at 12:58 PM

Better start peeing on that old 4 cylinder BMW block in the yard, could be worth a few bob soon

DRC INDY 7 - 4/12/10 at 01:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bmseven
Better start peeing on that old 4 cylinder BMW block in the yard, could be worth a few bob soon



yep thats what bmw did in the f1 turbo era old 100,000 mile blocks left outside for the work for to pee on them they never used a new block back then


ps the old 1500cc 4 cylinder turbo engines finished with 1500 BHP in the final years

mrwibble - 4/12/10 at 01:27 PM

certainly level the field again for next year.

mangogrooveworkshop - 4/12/10 at 01:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
quote:
Originally posted by bmseven
Better start peeing on that old 4 cylinder BMW block in the yard, could be worth a few bob soon



yep thats what bmw did in the f1 turbo era old 100,000 mile blocks left outside for the work for to pee on them they never used a new block back then


ps the old 1500cc 4 cylinder turbo engines finished with 1500 BHP in the final years





your bang on there http://www.gurneyflap.com/bmwturbof1engine.html

iank - 4/12/10 at 02:10 PM

Ferrari won't like it because they can't sell supercars with 1600 4pots. With a v8 you can pretend it shares some technology.
10,000 rpm is BEC territory so the technology will be much closer to cars you can buy/build.

matt_gsxr - 4/12/10 at 06:41 PM

Those power levels are very achievable, a bit lame really.

If you go to Big CC Racing with a busa engine and 10k, you can leave with 600bhp.

That's less than than Ferrari's toilet roll budget.

Rod Ends - 5/12/10 at 12:14 AM

The rusty old BMW blocks story is a myth according to an article in Aug 09 Racecar Engineering.

Rocket_Rabbit - 5/12/10 at 01:38 AM

I think it's great!

The time is right for a fuel efficiency war and it will make the racing much more strategic.

Ninehigh - 5/12/10 at 02:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_gsxr
Those power levels are very achievable, a bit lame really.

If you go to Big CC Racing with a busa engine and 10k, you can leave with 600bhp.

That's less than than Ferrari's toilet roll budget.


Cue joke about Ferrari and a need for over 10k worth of toilet roll



[Edited on 5/12/10 by Ninehigh]